Driving method of input/output device

• US 8,502,772 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Issued: 08/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kozuma, Munehiro, Kurokawa, Yoshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H
• Application Number:
  US13/173,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20120001847A1
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/173, 345/175, 345/179, 178/18.01, 178/18.09
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/042 by opto-electronic means

Abstract

A method for driving an input/output device, including: generating first data by putting a first region of a light unit in a lighted condition and a second region of the light unit in the lighted condition; generating second data by putting the first region in the lighted condition and the second region in an unlighted condition; generating third data by putting the first region in the unlighted condition and the second region in the lighted condition; generating fourth data by putting the first region in the unlighted condition and the second region in the unlighted condition; and generating difference data of either the first data or the third data and either the second data or the fourth data by using a data processor.

Claims

1. A method for driving an input/output device comprising:

a first light source which emits first light of wavelengths in a visible region;

a second light source which emits second light of wavelengths in an infrared region;

a display circuit; and

a plurality of photodetector circuits;

the method comprising the steps of;

lighting the first light source and the second light source in a first period;

generating a first data in the first period by the plurality of photodetector circuits receiving the first light and the second light;

lighting the second light source in a second period while the first light source is turned off;

generating a second data in the second period by the plurality of photodetector circuits receiving the second light;

generating a third data which is a difference data between the first data and the second data; and

driving the display circuit in accordance with the third data.

2. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 1, wherein the first light source is a light-emitting diode.

3. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 1, wherein the second light source is a light-emitting diode.

4. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of photodetector circuits comprise a plurality of photodiodes or a plurality of phototransistors.

5. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 1,

wherein the input/output device further comprises a plurality of memories,

wherein the first data and the second data are stored in the plurality of memories, and

wherein the third data is generated by deference of the first data and the second data which are stored in the plurality of memories.

6. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 1, further comprising the step of detecting a coordinate of an object to be detected in accordance with the third data.

7. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 6, wherein the first light and the second light are reflected from the object to be detected and enter the plurality of photodetector circuits.

8. A method for driving an input/output device comprising an input/output unit performing data input/output and a data processor carrying out processing according to input data, the input/output unit comprising:

V first light-emitting diodes emitting light of wavelengths in an infrared region, wherein V is a natural number;

W second light-emitting diodes emitting light of wavelengths in a visible region, wherein W is a natural number;

a light unit including a first region which is put in a lighted condition when the first light-emitting diodes emit light and a second region which is put in a lighted condition when the second light-emitting diodes emit light;

X display circuits overlapping with the light unit, receiving a display selection signal, receiving a display data signal in accordance with the display selection signal, and going into a display state according to data of the display data signal, wherein X is a natural number; and

Y photodetector circuits overlapping with the light unit and generating data according to an intensity of light entering the Y photodetector circuits, wherein Y is a natural number, comprising the steps of;

generating Y pieces of first data according to an intensity of light entering the Y photodetector circuits by putting the first region in the lighted condition and the second region in the lighted condition;

generating Y pieces of second data according to an intensity of light entering the Y photodetector circuits by putting the first region in the lighted condition and the second region in an unlighted condition;

generating Y pieces of third data according to an intensity of light entering the Y photodetector circuits by putting the first region in the unlighted condition and the second region in the lighted condition;

generating Y pieces of fourth data according to an intensity of light entering the Y photodetector circuits by putting the first region in the unlighted condition and the second region in the unlighted condition;

generating difference data between the first data and the second data or between the third data and the fourth data by using the data processor; and

generating image data to be data of the display data signal by using the data processor from the difference data between the first data and the second data or between the third data and the fourth data.

9. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 8, wherein the photodetector circuits comprise a plurality of photodiodes or a plurality of phototransistors.

10. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 8,

wherein the input/output device further comprises a plurality of memories,

wherein the first data the second data, the third data, and the fourth data are stored in the plurality of memories, and

wherein the difference data is generated by deference between the first data and the second data or between the third data and the fourth data which are stored in the plurality of memories.

11. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 8, further comprising the step of detecting a coordinate of an object to be detected in accordance with the difference data.

12. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 11, wherein the light of wavelengths in the infrared region and the light of wavelengths in the visible region are reflected from the object to be detected and enter the photodetector circuits.

13. The driving method of the input/output device according to claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

storing the first to fourth data sequentially by inputting a data signal generated from the first to fourth data to a memory included in the data processor;

reading any one of the first to fourth data stored in the memory in accordance with data of the data signal by inputting the data signal to a difference data generator included in the data processor; and

generating the difference data by carrying out arithmetic processing by using data read from the memory and the data of the data signal.

14. A method for driving an input/output device comprising an input/output unit performing data input/output and a data processor carrying out processing according to input data, the input/output unit comprising:

a first light unit that includes V first light-emitting diodes emitting light of wavelengths in a infrared region and is put in a lighted condition when the first light-emitting diodes emit light, wherein V is a natural number;

a second light unit that includes W second light-emitting diodes emitting light of wavelengths in a visible region and is put in a lighted condition when the second light-emitting diodes emit light, wherein W is a natural number;

X display circuits overlapping with the first light unit and the second light unit, receiving a display selection signal, receiving a display data signal in accordance with the display selection signal, and going into a display state according to data of the display data signal, wherein X is a natural number; and

Y photodetector circuits overlapping with the first light unit and the second light unit and generating data according to an intensity of light entering the Y photodetector circuits, wherein Y is a natural number, comprising the steps of;

generating Y pieces of first data according to an intensity of light entering the Y photodetector circuits by putting the first light unit in the lighted condition and the second light unit in the lighted condition;

generating Y pieces of second data according to an intensity of light entering the Y photodetector circuits by putting the first light unit in the lighted condition and the second light unit in an unlighted condition;

generating Y pieces of third data according to an intensity of light entering the Y photodetector circuits by putting the first light unit in the unlighted condition and the second light unit in the lighted condition;

generating Y pieces of fourth data according to an intensity of light entering the Y photodetector circuits by putting the first light unit in the unlighted condition and the second light unit in the unlighted condition;

generating difference data between the first data and the second data or between the third data and the fourth data by using the data processor; and

generating image data to be data of the display data signal by using the data processor from the difference data between the first data and the second data or between the third data and the fourth data.

15. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 14, wherein the photodetector circuits comprise a plurality of photodiodes or a plurality of phototransistors.

16. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 14,

wherein the input/output device further comprises a plurality of memories,

wherein the first data the second data, the third data, and the fourth data are stored in the plurality of memories, and

wherein the difference data is generated by deference between the first data and the second data or between the third data and the fourth data which are stored in the plurality of memories.

17. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 14, further comprising the step of detecting a coordinate of an object to be detected in accordance with the difference data.

18. The method for driving an input/output device according to claim 17, wherein the light of wavelengths in the infrared region and the light of wavelengths in the visible region are reflected from the object to be detected and enter the photodetector circuits.

19. The driving method of the input/output device according to claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

storing the first to fourth data sequentially by inputting a data signal generated from the first to fourth data to a memory included in the data processor;

reading any one of the first to fourth data stored in the memory in accordance with data of the data signal by inputting the data signal to a difference data generator included in the data processor; and

generating the difference data by carrying out arithmetic processing by using data read from the memory and the data of the data signal.

20. A method for driving an input/output device comprising:

a first light source which emits first light of wavelengths in a visible region;

a second light source which emits second light of wavelengths in an infrared region; and

a plurality of photodetector circuits;

the method comprising the steps of;

lighting the first light source and the second light source in a first period;

generating a first data in the first period by the plurality of photodetector circuits receiving the first light and the second light;

lighting the second light source in a second period while the first light source is turned off;

generating a second data in the second period by the plurality of photodetector circuits receiving the second light; and

generating a third data which is a difference data between the first data and the second data.